Experience

AgriMarine Holdings Inc.

• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Chairman

  • 2016 - Present



Owner Halburd Business Services Limited

• Independent Business Strategy Consultant/External Board Director

  • 2005 - Present

  • Turned around money losing engineering technology and aquaculture company. • Helped a Chinese property development company establish operations in Canada. • Restructured an insolvent lumber manufacturer/home builder into a cash-flow-positive enterprise. • Formulated a strategic plan for a European kitchen manufacturer to break into North America. • Negotiated the sale of an international genetics joint-venture company in Chile. • Developed a viable 10 year operating plan for a money-losing Californian agri-products company. • Completed due diligence for the merger of two major international organizations.



Great Lakes Fish Corporation

• President/CEO

  • 2008 - 2010

  Parachuted in by the Venture Capital investor to salvage the company after the senior executive team had been fired en-mass. GLFC is the largest fresh water wild fish company in the world. • Doubled sales revenue to $30M by consolidating the industry and through strategic alliances. • Achieved significant synergies and cost reductions by consolidating operations into one facility. • Effectively negotiated the settlement of a number of difficult litigation and union issues. Parachuted in by the Venture Capital investor to salvage the company after the senior executive team had been fired en-mass. GLFC is the largest fresh water wild fish company in the world. • Doubled sales revenue to $30M by consolidating the industry and through strategic alliances. • Achieved significant synergies and cost reductions by consolidating operations into one facility. • Effectively negotiated the settlement of a number of difficult litigation and union issues.



IMPACT I.S. Inc.

• Software Development

• COO

  • 2006 - 2007

  Hired to transition a start-up research and development organization into a viable market-focused business enterprise; i.e. translated an entrepreneurs dream into a commercial reality. Impact/Lure Media provides enterprise software and internet solutions to the international interior design trade. • Strengthened the company and secured $2M equity investment from a Venture Capital firm. • Focused the strategic plan; restructured the organization; introduced professional management and employee performance systems; and revamped marketing and sales increasing profitability. • Launched a new market-disruptive web-based solution for the global interior design industry.



Stolt Sea Farm

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• President

  • 1989 - 2004

  Seconded to “temporarily” run the company for 6 months, but the Chairman was so impressed with my results he kept me on for 15 years. SSF is the largest aquaculture company in the western hemisphere. • Grew annual sales from start-up to over $200M by penetrating new international markets. • Expanded operations throughout North and South America through aggressive internal organic growth and acquisitions of private and public companies. • Captured the global market brand leadership position by being a strategic “first mover”. • Transformed start-up losses into $35M EBITDA, generating 15% ROI, 1 year ahead of schedule.



Maple Leaf Foods Inc

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Purchasing and Transportation

  • 1983 - 1990



Maple Leaf Foods Inc

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Operations Research/Industrial Engineering

  • 1978 - 1982